Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-02-17

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70 examination he was held in 81, 900 bono
- to appear at the April term of the di-tri,
" eo.rt to await the action of the grand jur,
z lie furnished the bond
= Mr. T.. A. liuson returned on Tuesday
coach from two months visit in tn
!. states. lie says that Montana has had b
n" means all the c,ld wea Their lie was i
v It. Paul during the carnival, and give
, glowing accounts of the affair." Or, his wa,
back he met q number Of large stock mel
from the eastern part Of the territory win,
estimated that the loss this winter will b
5 fully seventy five per cent
Aparty consisting of Tom Riser Ed,
Noble and William ci.gg started up tn,
D creek Tuesday on fishing expedition
. Having built n boat their scheme is to g,
well up the creek. launch their craft and
'oat down with the current, taking he fish
With hool;an spear 49, they descend, slack.
ing at rifles for trout. Snow is too deem
along the creek to ADM. of fishing in any
other manner at present. The party re-
turned Wednesday night from t'.eir first
voyage down the creek, have secured nearly
N hundred al the iinny tribe.
We acknowledge receipt of copy No. 2.
81 the Willow Creek Budget" II 4. creuse.
editor and proprietor; subscription price.
Sll 90 per year. in advance; motto: "No
great mans parasite. No pa,tie's tool. -
The budget * artistica!ly gotten up, con
tains numerous local hits and witty para.
graphs. The Budget contains quite ~
number OF Le~istown Advertisements
ARaus being compIimented with u double
column adj. The work reflects credit upon
Mr. trouse's ability with the pen Long
live the Budget!
! correspondent writing from Philhrook.
under date of February 18th, says: Last
evening Michael Mcronouch, "A prominent,
rancher of the Judith valley living just be-
low Utica. was found dead in his house.
Mr.. Ed Moran, his partner, went with his
wife to Utica in the morning. Mcdonald
complained before they started of feeling
badly and Mrs. Moran proposed stopping
with him. lie would not hear of il. so they
both left him. On their return from Utica
they found him lying dead ON the floor. /
The coroner, DIR. Sifton has been sent for
and "n inquest will probably he held in a
q. y or two.
The First National Bank OF TT. Benton
ie one OF the soiiicst institutions in the
territory and naturally desires II portion Of 1
the husiness vi Fergus county. To that
end they insert their ad vert iseinent in this i
paper, and inasmuch as we have no local |
banking institution, we trust our readers
VIII make il u point to patronze such out.
side houses as declare themselves through
our columns. This bank has elegant par
Ions fitted up in the rear OF building for the
nccomm odation OF its patrons, and parties
visiting Benton are cordially invited to
call. Read their advertisement carefully
aud gave them "A portion of your business
sam Jones occasionally gets of right.
In referring to the usefulness and intlu-
encc Of the press, he recently said: "if
wanted to -et good square judgment on
something had DONE Iwould rather 20 to
q newspaper Office for II than 70 any court
81 Justice. know the Justice Of Journals.
their integrity and the purity Of their mo-
uves. kIoW tHat they probe into mons
characters. NJ man whose character is ;
pure 'ierd fear al the presses Of Amerira.
ne way to be sale from su-c,,lel news,rt-
per attacks is 10 be a Christian The re.
porters are The best detective force in the
country. They have brought more Grim
h'tl- to justice ami panotured more shams
han al other agencies combined
We call attention of our readers to an
advertisement OF the Chicago Cottage Or.
an Company in another column, and we ;,
AXE pleasure in recommending To the gem
raj public a company whose organs have
attained Il popular reputation for their
npeior musical qualities. artistic beauty
hd general excellence. THIS company =
anks among the largest and best in the Y
'nitrd states having Il capacity Tor man :
idetnIins 500 organs per month, and its p
rsans are shipped into nearly every in IA
abitabe portion of the globe. The mem %
ers composing the firm OF the Chicago F"
ottage Organ Company are men of expe- "
fence, integrity, skilled in their line. CON
net their business ON AN equitable basis.
nd their future is destined to be a bright
ne.
The first meeting Of the Lcwst own Lite
airy Association, held last evening. was
ell attended. Thedebate ON theouestion:
Are the large cattle companies a benefit
D Montana proved very interesting
'r. Won Tobei, for the negative. and
lessrs Smith and Darling, for the affirm.
ve-making able addresses. The Judges
insisting Of Mrs Hanson and Messrs.
and Richards, after brief con.
iltation rendered II verdict in the afI;r,na-
We. Mr.. Meagher aud the "Porcupine,"
ere both absent much to the regret of
lose present. The reading by Mrs. Jack
N WAS well received, Us was also the
say OF Mr.. Miller. Owing to the partvop
tuesday, evening neAt il j. deemed hest to
lange the meeting from Wednesday to
thursday night.
We have often heard the remark about
hunderholts coming out of u clear sky
I though We do not remember of ever wit.
ssing such phenomenon ia fact we never
ok much interest in thumlerbolts any.
w. But last Sunday occurred something
at would quite equal anything in the
reased Lightning line. The day opened 80.
,rm and beautiful and remained so until til;
'out p. m. Ranchmen came to town r"'
thout overcoats. mittens or extra wraps ear
oiciug that the fierce winds of winter III
II spent their force aud that the clouds
d dropped their cargo of SNOW: chickens